2026-06-14 Sadler's Wells East arts-culture The Music is Black Festival live weekends kick off with The Music is Ours, a Block Party celebrating London's soundsystem legacy in the birthplace of Grime. With the Saturday 13 June curated by Grime legend Footsie and Sunday 14 June by double MOBO award winning artist YolanDa Brown OBE DL and Soul Mama, The Music is Ours will feature a line-up full of east London and the UK's finest artists and MCs.
The Music is Ours
arts-culture
14 JUN

The Music is Ours

Sunday, 14 June 2026
All Day
Sadler's Wells East
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Curated by YolanDa Brown OBE DL and Soul Mama and My Runway Group

Sunday is curated by YolanDa Brown OBE DL and Soul Mama, a double MOBO Award winner, who blends reggae, jazz and soul in her music and has toured with The Temptations, Jools Holland and Billy Ocean.

As curator for Waterfront Stage, YolanDa will be bringing a deep commitment to intergenerational soul with both legacy and emerging voices.

The Mid Terrace stage is curated by My Runway Group, the discipline-blending collective known for transforming traditional spaces into dynamic hubs for contemporary African and diasporic creativity.

Sunday Line up

Sunday’s line-up includes:

Acantha Lang - New Orleans-born, London-based soul singer

Melodees from Heaven - Faith-based large choir

Koyesax and The Fortune Collective - a London-based, multi-genre live band pioneered by KoyeSax, one of the UK's leading contemporary saxophonists

Brit Funk Association - a ten-piece collective of musicians from Beggar & Co, Central Line, Hi-Tension and more classic bands.

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